Doesn't work all the time

SafeAlert

By serial_crusher — Last update Jan 3, 2009 — Installed 466 times.

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Mar 1, 2009 11:35pm programmer Scriptwright	This script works well sometimes, but it won't block some infinite loops, for example, the example at: http://www.guyrutenberg.com/2007/11/23/a-javasc... keeps alerting, this script won't stop it.

Mar 12, 2009 2:05am serial_crusher Script's Author	Thanks for reporting it. My initial guess is that this script is firing before GreaseMonkey starts loading user scripts. I'll dig into it some more when I have time.

Mar 17, 2009 7:02pm programmer Scriptwright	This Firefox addon adds the ability to double-click the alert's icon, and leave the page. This prevents infinite alert loop. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...

Apr 27, 2009 6:57pm serial_crusher Script's Author	Oooh, that's pretty cool. You should spin it off to a standalone extension though. I installed it then set all the other options to (what I'm pretty sure are) the defaults. As a web developer, I don't like having extensions that "fix" the way my pages are displayed. High probability that my audience doesn't have the same extension.